blackballs
Meaning of blackballs
verb, 3rd person present
- reject (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club), typically by means of a secret ballot.
her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the Country Club
late 18th century: from the practice of registering an adverse vote by placing a black ball in a ballot box.
Information about blackballs
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of blackballs is: blackball.
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Hyphenation of blackballs
black-balls
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- blackballs is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
blackballs synonyms
Meaning fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff:
Meaning exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something:
Meaning fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars:
Meaning officially or legally prohibit (something):
Meaning put on a blacklist:
Meaning deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege:
Meaning officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization:
Meaning drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place:
Meaning a person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business:
Meaning exclude from a society or group:
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest:
Meaning rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully:
Meaning persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution:
Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:
Meaning exclude (someone) from fellowship:
blackballs antonyms
Meaning confess to be true or to be the case:
Words that rhyme with blackballs
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